I agree with you Combo mostly. But I believe we didn't play all our options. Melendez, Goode, and even Podz were more than able to give more than spot minutes. For whatever reason Coach chose to not play them. That's what hurt us in the end.
BU didn't play them any less than he should have. Podz sucked on defense. Goode and Melendez aren't guards (even though we indulge them by listing as such). There's more than enough evidence that BU will play FR if they are legitimately ready.
Speaking of Melendez, do people even recognize that he was out for various health problems on and off during the season? He had an ankle injury, then had Covid, then had the appendix. By the end of the year, BU was playing him plenty.
I love the future of both Goode and Melendez, but let's not pretend they were ready to set the world on fire from the get-go.